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New England · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

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Matron’s Resignation Ex-Servicemen Ask Mayor For Public Meeting

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

TENTERFIELD: At the request of the Returned Soldiers League and the Legion of ex-Servicemen, the Mayor…

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Brisbane Garbage Problem Mayor Appeals For Volunteer Labour BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 2

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Chandler) to-day appealed for volunteer carters and drivers to help clear the dangerous…

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Higher Electricity Tariffs in County Council Areas

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 4

The North West County Council yesterday decided on electricity tariffs (representing an average increase of 14.3 per cent on domestic and commercial scales) to operate from January 1 for…

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Chairman’s Report to County Council. limited Power Supply Hits Electricity Extensions

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 4

The limited amount of current available from Inverell power station will curtail further electricity extensions even if materials are available, said the chairman of the North-west Country Council (Cr. D…

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Higher Electricity Tariffs in County Council Areas

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

The North West County Council on Thursday decided on electricity tariff's (representing at average increase of 14.3 per cent…

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North West County Council “Reasonable Progress in 1948”

The Inverell Times · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 4

“When all our difficulties are considered, our position today is better than it was a year ago,” said the President…

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Council Matters of Interest

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 4

At its first meeting for the year the Inverell Municipal Council dealt with a fairly wide range of matters of general interest. It was probably the…

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Road Safety Council Meeting on

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 4

Glen Innes branch of the Road Safety Council will held a meeting on Friday night. It will meet in the Municipal…

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Council Sees Danger Minor and Alien Landholders

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 6

Despite difficulties indicated by the Department of Local Government, Inverell Council…

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U.S. Calls on Dutch to Hold Elections in N.E.I. Security Council Delegate's Bitter Attack on Russia "Wants Indonesia Under Domination of "Moscow" Lake Success

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

The United States yesterday called on the Netherlands to fix a definite date for the holding of elections throughout Indonesia with a view to establishing foundation of a United States of…

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Lord Mayor Or SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 8

The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Aid. O'Dea) will visit Armidale early next month. Mr. K. Jones, said at a…

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Sydney Lord Mayor’s Inverell Visit

The Inverell Times · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 4

Inverell branch of the A.L.P. will postpone their annual meeting scheduled for early February until the latter end…

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Quarter of Shire Affected By New Valuation System

The Inverell Times · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 4

Approximately a quarter of the area of Macintyre Shire will be affected by the repeal of a section of the Local Government Act which means that all future valuations of land, previously…

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Engineer Reproaches Farmers: Shire Roads Damaged by Erosion

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 4

"If steps were taken by landholders to conserve soil and defeat erosion, the filiation of Shire roads would be avoided," the Severn Shire Council Engineer, Mr. B. S. March, told Council members this…

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New State Convention Macleay Shire to Send Delegates

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 16

The Macleay Shire Council will send delegates to the New State Convention at Armidale on February 9, 10 arid 11…

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Weeds County Council Asks Government for Subsidy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 8

A meeting of the New England 'Noxious Weeds) County' Council yesterday decided to ask the Government for a [?]…

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Ritual Murder Privy Council Quashes Convictions LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 16

The judicial committee of the Privy Council yesterday Hashed the convictions of a Basutoland chief tan and six…

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Improvement Work on Footpaths Appreciation of Council Expressed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 8

Appreciation of footpath improvement work done by the city council was expressed at a meeting of Armidale and…

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Shire By-election Nominations Declared at Armidale Six Candidates for a Riding

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 8

Nominations for the by-election in A Riding of Dumaresq Shire Council were declared to-day…

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Destruction of Blackberry Hormex Proves Failure Inspector's Report to County Council

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 13

Hormex had proved useless in the destruction of blackberry, said the weeds inspector (Mr. A…

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